I walked into this exhibition knowing nothing. I could not have said what Johan Cruyff played, when, or for whom. I knew the name the way a person knows a name: something …
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Inside the Royal Palace Amsterdam: The Town Hall That Became a Palace
by Bubblyby Bubbly 10 min readThe building on the west side of Dam Square is called the Royal Palace, and it was not built for a king. It was built by a city that had grown rich …
Almost everyone walks straight past the outside of the Moco Museum in Amsterdam. Ticket in hand, timed slot ticking, up the steps and into the villa, because that is where the Banksys …
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Breakfast at Locals in De Pijp, and What Dutch Pancakes Actually Are
by Bubblyby Bubbly 8 min readThere is a right way and a wrong way to arrive at a brewery tour. The wrong way is on an empty stomach at eleven in the morning, having walked several kilometres …
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Moco Museum’s Immersive Rooms: Studio Irma, Six N. Five and Andrés Reisinger
by Bubblyby Bubbly 11 min readI went to Moco Museum in Amsterdam for the Banksys. That was the whole plan. The stencils, the rats, the girl with the balloon, and then out through the shop and home. …
I booked the W Amsterdam in February. A week later a court in Amsterdam ordered the company running it to leave the premises, and every travel forum I read told people to …
